Local Boards and Staff
UPNY Advisory Board of Directors
Paul Bloser - Vice President
Kidney Transplant Recipient, Avid Volunteer
Michael Crane
Director of Operations
Global Health Products
James Fonzi
President/CEO
Veretec of New York, Inc.
Marvin Grieff, MD
RGH Center for Kidney Disease and Hypertension
Randeep Kashyap, MD
Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
University of Rochester Medical Center
Tom Kernan, Owner
Kernan State Farm Insurance
Ms. Judy Kirk, MS, RDN, CDN, FNKF
Clinical Nutrition Specialist
Solid Organ Transplant
University of Rochester Medical Center
Scott Liebman, MD, M.P.H.
Nephrologist, Associate Nephrology Fellowship Program Director
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
AnnMarie Link - Chair
Planning and Accountability Manager
CISCO
Rebeca Monk, MD
Chief, Division of Medicine
Highland Hospital
Sarah Pellerin, Esq.
Partner
Harter Secrest & Emery, LLC
Jennifer Smith, MBA
Regional Sales Manager
Bayer Pharmaceuticals
UPNY Medical Advisory Board
Peggy Murray, NP (MAB CHAIR)
Nurse Practitioner
University of Rochester Medical Center
Jagmeet Singh, MD
Nephrologist
Guthrie Medical Group
Sharon Stall, RD
Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition
Rochester Regional Health System - Unity Dialysis at Spencerport
Kristian Vitu, Acute Care, NP
University of Rochester Medical Center
Marc Lande, MD MPH
Chief of Pediatric Nephrology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Staff Members
Ellen Scalzo, Executive Director
Ellen.Scalzo@kidney.org
Kristen West-Ryan, Community Outreach Director
kristen.ryan@kidney.org
Peg Collins, M.S., Administrative Assistant
Peg.Collins@kidney.org